Webinar Description
This session with contributors Prof. Anne-Marie Greene and Dr Paul Jones will look at ways of working out what is really important to you, finding a workable rhythm in your academic life and carving out time to link and develop the different parts of your life.
Firstly, Dr Jones will lead an interactive session ‘Reclaiming your Rhythm’ which explores how to align your workload with your values, set clearer boundaries, and stop being the department’s ‘default fixer’. With practical tools like the Eisenhower Matrix, RACI model, and a Push-Back Phrasebook, you’ll be ready to redesign your week, before it redesigns you!
Then, speaking from her personal experience, Professor Greene will reflect on how she has tried to maintain a healthy work-life balance over the 30 years of her career in academia by setting limits on her working day, doing things she loves and trying to combine different parts of her life.
There will then be the opportunity to ask questions and to reflect on your personal take-aways from these two speakers.
As part of our strategic objective to promote wellbeing and positive mental health in business and management academics and doctoral researchers, we are excited to launch our series of webinars which will run monthly on Fridays 13:00 - 14:30 throughout the Academic year 25/26.
These webinars will be facilitated by Professor Sarah Robinson.
Provider Information
British Academy of Management
Who Should Attend?
The event speaks to all Sections, as detailed in the BAM Framework
Guest Speakers
Professor Anne-marie Greene
Professor Anne-marie Greene holds a Chair in Work and Diversity at the University of York Management School. She is Knowledge Exchange/Impact Lead and Interim Deputy Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, with responsibility for Athena Swan.
She joined the University of York in November 2021 and has held previous academic posts at the University of Leicester School of Business (where she was Associate Dean for Research), De Montfort University, University of Warwick, University of Aston and University of North London. She is Chair of the Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism (SCOS) and Co-Convenor of the Gender and Employment Study Group of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA). She has held editorial positions on the boards of Gender, Work and Organisation; Work, Employment and Society; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Industrial Relations Journal.
Professor Greene researches equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in theory and practice. A particular research interest is the interface between work, life, family and community, especially where a sense of calling, mission or activism is required. This often concerns areas of work that stand outside of the standard employment relationship and which are less formally regulated, bringing with them challenges of management policy and practice and issues of inequality. Current research projects include WomenTheatreJustice-An investigation of Clean Break (www.womentheatrejustice.org) funded by the AHRC and Working with Emotions in Volunteering Toolkit (www.managingvolunteers.org) funded by the ESRC.
New book: The Dynamics of Managing Diversity and Inclusion: A Critical Approach (2022: Routledge). New article: ‘“They can replace you at any time!" (In)Visible Hyper-Ableism, Employment and Sickle Cell Disorders in England' (2021, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research).
New article: ‘Locked up and down: Incarceration, care and art in a pandemic’ (2022, Gender, Work and Organization)
Dr Paul Jones
Dr Paul Jones is a business psychologist and human resource management specialist. He has worked across various industries in people-focused roles with a particular interest in developing people, maximising potential and understanding change (at both a personal level and organisational level).
He is the Associate Dean for Postgraduate Education and Student Experience at Aston Business School.
Chaired by
Professor Sarah Robinson
Sarah Robinson is a Co- Vice chair for the British Academy of Management with a responsibility for Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AAC&CB). She is also leading on the academic wellbeing initiative, which is one of BAM’s current strategic priorities, and will be designing and facilitating this webinar series.
Sarah is currently Professor in People and Organisations at IÉSEG School of Management (Paris). She has research interests in professional careers, professional learning and development and has conducted several projects on academic careers including studies of: early career academics; academic wellbeing; academic doubt and failure; and doing academic careers differently.
Benefits of attending
- This session will give you some practical tools for aligning your workload to your values;
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It will help to decide when and how to say ‘no’ and to set your personal boundaries and limits;
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You will have the opportunity to hear how an experienced academic has tried to maintain a healthy work-life balance over the course of her career.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
If you are booking multiple paid events as a Non-Member, it may be cheaper for you to purchase a BAM Membership as nearly all BAM Events are free or at a discounted rate for Members.
For more information, please visit BAM Membership
Registration closes on 6th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Payment and Cancellation Policy
Payment for the event must be received before the start date of the event concerned. Access will not be permitted to the event if full payment has not been received.
Cancellations
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Cancellations received within 14 days of booking your place on the event will receive a full refund.
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Cancellations received after the 14-day cancellation period and later than 14 days before the start date of the event will not be eligible for a refund.
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Although we endeavour to run all events as advertised, BAM reserves the right to cancel any event if, for example, there are not enough people to justify running the event or if other significant unforeseen circumstances arise.
To cancel a booking a cancellation request must be submitted via your BAM Account, to do this:
- Go to your BAM Account
- Click 'My Events'
- Under 'Upcoming Events' will be the booking, please click Cancel Booking
- Follow the steps and complete the request